Joint Locks (Chin Na) in I-Liq Chuan

Throughout the history of martial arts most have developed some form of joint locks (Chin Na 擒拿). Chinese joint locking techniques may have influenced Japanese martial arts like jiu-jitsu. According to wikipedia;

Chin na is also accredited in the development of jujutsu.[citation needed] Japanese and Chinese documents state that Chen Yuan-Yun (Chin Gempin or Chen Yuan-Pin; 1587-1674) was the first to introduce Chinese ju techniques (柔道 rou dao) into Japan during the early to middle 1600's. One such Japanese document is “Collections of Ancestor’s Conversations Volume 2".

“Honcho Bugei Shoden” (also referred to as “Kanjo Shoden”) written by Hinatsu Shigetaka in 1716 states the following:

Recently, Chin Gempin came to Japan and stayed at the Kokusa monastery, where he met three ronin: Fukuno Hichiroemon, Isogai Jirozaemon, and Miura Yojiemon. Chin Gempin told them that in China, there is an art of seizing a man. He said that he had seen it practiced and gave a brief example of the art. Chin Gempin also stated that he had not learned all of the principles of the art. Upon hearing this, the samurai further researched this art. Once achieving a degree of skill, the samurai founded the Kito-ryu school of Jujutsu.

The clip below demonstrates a few variations on some standing joint locks, which all evolve out of our spinning hands training.

Our method of training chin na is actually almost useless without an advanced level of spinning hands. (In our ranking system, chin na comes nearly last in terms of certification.) The reason being is that you don't have time to think about what technique you should use. Joint locks should flow naturally from your movement. In fact, our instructional DVD on the subject is sub-titled "A Flowing Process". When the opportunity is there to grab or lock you must be able to feel it, and that ability to recognize the feel is trained within the spinning hands. If you can't feel it, you'll never be able to use it in real time.